Chapter Seventy-Two: The Underground Ancient City
The five dead people were all revived, and a group of people regrouped and moved on.
With the lessons of the past, Shi Dangdang did not dare to be careless, and he let all the tanks walk in the outermost circle, protecting the crispy profession and dealing with unexpected situations that could come at any time.
Next, everyone encountered several waves of the same monsters, and a group of scorpions would drill out of the ground every time they walked a distance, Zhao Shun guessed that the flat area where he and the others were located might be the monster area, as long as they entered the monster warning range, they would run out and attack the player.
Fortunately, everyone has been prepared for a long time, and when the monster appears, it will no longer be as panicked as it was at the beginning, they are all calm, and they do their jobs, pulling monsters and pulling monsters, and the output of output, and the treatment of healing, everything is in order.
Passing through the flat desert, no monsters appeared, which happened to verify Zhao Shun's guess, only the area just now had scorpions underground, and there were no other places.
In front of him was a low sand dune, Shi Gandang took out the sheepskin map and compared it, and said, "That's right, this is it, the ruins are here." ”
One said, "But there's nothing here, not to mention the ruins, not even a brick." ”
"It's strange, the map shouldn't be wrong, why not?"
Shi Gandang looked at the map again, and the others also came up, so many people checked together and didn't see a reason, the red X position on the map was marked on this sand dune, but there was nothing else around except sand and sand.
Zhao Shun thought for a while: "If the map is not wrong, then the ruins should be here, and the reason why I can't see it may be underground." ”
Zhao Shun's words made everyone wake up.
"That's right! This is a desert, just like the Western Regions in the past, many cities have been buried under the yellow sand, and the ruins we are looking for must have also been buried. ”
"If it's buried, how do you find it? Digging? It's such a big place, how long will it take to dig it? ”
Zhao Shun seemed to know how to play the treasure hunt, and he keenly captured the designer's thoughts: "It shouldn't be used to dig, and it's not to find boxes, what we want to find is ruins, there should be an entrance, everyone scatters to find it." ”
Zhao Shun's words made a lot of sense, and everyone listened, scattered, and searched everywhere.
Zhao Shun also looked in a certain direction, carefully inspecting every inch.
Finding the entrance was much easier, or because of the large number of people, and soon heard a player shouting, "Come on, everyone, there's a door here!" ”
The crowd rushed over and saw a corner of a stone gate peeking out under a sand dune, which was so hidden that it would not be discovered unless you looked carefully.
Shi Dangdang said: "Everyone, help and dig up the sand." ”
Most of the stone gate is buried under the yellow sand, with only a small corner exposed, and the surrounding sand must be cleared before entering.
When they found the entrance, everyone was energetic, digging the sand hard, and without tools, they could only use their hands, one by one, like scooping water, to throw the sand outside.
Although a few died on the way here because of the quicksand, there are still nearly forty people in the team, and so many people start work together, even if there are no tools to dig up the sand.
The old and dilapidated stone gate slowly revealed its full face, appearing in front of everyone's eyes.
The stone gate is carved with hieroglyphs, there are small people, there are animals, and it is more like a picture to say that it is a text.
Anyway, I couldn't understand it, so everyone didn't pay much attention to it, and some anxious players directly pushed open the stone door.
A dull "gurgling" sound echoed across the door, revealing that it was an empty and confined space.
The door opened, and in front of him was a secret passage, and nothing could be seen in the dark, and humans were born with a fear of darkness, and it was too dark for anyone to dare to step forward, because no one knew what was hidden in the darkness.
A mage stepped forward, he raised his right hand, his palm stretched out, and a cloud of white light on the palm of his palm changed from small to large, from weak to strong, dispelling the darkness around him.
The mage volunteered, "I know how to illuminate, I'll go ahead." ”
Everyone followed closely behind the mage, some of them shrunk together and huddled together.
The upper and lower sides of the passage are artificially excavated stone walls, smooth and neat, there are colorful murals on the walls on both sides, and a few of them left a deep impression on Zhao Shun.
One is a white-haired and white-bearded old man wearing a gorgeous costume and holding an hourglass floating above a desert city, and all the people in the city kneel on the ground and worship.
One is a large number of meteorites falling from the sky, one smashed into the city, the old man held the hourglass as if he was casting a spell, there was a magic circle above his head, and after the meteorite fell on this magic circle, it was still and still.
The old man confronted a man in the sky with a black robe, unable to see his face, and holding a black sword in his hand.
Zhao Shun could barely understand the general meaning of these murals, but he didn't know what they meant and what they had to do with the ruins here.
Walking out of the passage, the vision suddenly opened up, and in front of him was an incomparably large space, and the light shone through the glass dome, allowing everyone to see the scene clearly.
Zhao Shun and the others were standing on a high platform at this time, and below was an abandoned ancient city, with collapsed houses, covered with dust, silent, and no one.
The players cheered.
"Finally found the ruins! There must be a lot of treasures down there, and this is a fortune! ”
"I have walked so far and worked hard for so long, for this moment, and I have finally looked forward to it."
There are long steps on the side of the platform that extend to the bottom, and some players have already walked down, and the ruins are in front of them, thinking that there are treasures inside, and they can still hold it there, for fear that if they move slowly, something will become someone else's.
Seeing his teammates so reckless, Shi Dangdang anxiously reminded: "Don't go yet, there may still be danger." ”
None of them took his words to heart, and all that was left in their minds was the treasure.
"There are ruins down there, where will there be danger."
"Commander, you're too worried, you should hurry down, if you don't go, everything will be taken away by others."
Zhao Shun said to Shi Kangdang: "The treasure is in front of them, they can't stay." ”
"Since you also know that the treasure is down there, why don't you join them?"
"There is treasure in the city, but it is not so easy to get in."
"Why? Have you made a discovery? ”
Zhao Shun was condescending and pointed to the area outside the city: "Look at those places, don't you see something?" ”
Shi Dangdang looked in the direction Zhao Shun pointed, his face did not change at first, but then he seemed to have discovered something, and his face changed: "Those places are so strange!" The dust flutters very slowly! What's going on? ”
"I don't know, it may be some kind of spell, not only outside the city, but also strange in the city, and the opposite is outside the city, where the dust flutters very fast."
"Could it be because of the wind?"
Zhao Shun thought about it and said: "This fluttering speed is not caused by the wind, but more like time. ”
"Time? What do you mean? ”
"Have you ever watched a movie or TV show at twice the speed? It's the same feeling in the city, time has sped up! It's like a fast forward to the playback feature. ”
Shi Dangdang looked surprised: "I understand what you mean, you mean to say that the speed of time outside the city is different from that inside the city?" ”
"That's true, but that's just my guess, and it's unknown if that's really the case."
"They're out of town, and the answer will be revealed soon."